Beyond the Rocks is a movie directed by Sam Wood in 1922 and based on the book Beyond The Rocks: A Love Story by Elinor Glyn, first published in 1906. The movie features Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Edythe Chapman, Alec B. Francis, Robert Bolder, Gertrude Astor, and others.
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Storyline
Theodora, a young and penniless aristocrat, marries a much older man, self-made millionaire grocer Josiah Brown, so that her father and spinster sisters can live comfortably. The couple honeymoon in the Alps. On a climbing excursion Theodora slips and dangles precariously by her safety line over a cliff. She is rescued by Hector Bracondale, a young playboy and Theodora falls in love with him. She must choose between love and duty, and then Josiah and Hector must make choices of their own.
Movie vs Book
Year
1922
Minutes
80
Movie Rate
6.70
Source: IMDb
Year
1906
Pages
200
Book Rate
6.76
S: Goodreads
Book
Beyond The Rocks: A Love Story
Author: Elinor Glyn
Country: UK
First published in: 1906
Length: 200 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I liked the film very much but I found working on it incredibly stressful; I would probably not adapt my own work again - you need to have distance from the book.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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